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MulchFest Gowanus
The temperature may have been low, but spirits were certainly high! The Conservancy rallied approximately 45 volunteers on Sunday in an effort to support NYC Park’s annual MulchFest event. Mission...
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Designing Change at the Urban Ecology Lecture Series
Steven Handel, Ph.D. and Director of the Center for Urban Restoration Ecology at Rutgers University gave a dynamic presentation on urban landscape restoration to a packed house at Threes Brewing....
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Oysters: Limits and Possibilities
On March 24 6:30PM we kicked off the second lecture of our 4-part Urban Ecology Lecture Series series where we continue to unpack the theme Living Things in an Urban Environment, with our first panel...
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Native and Not: NYC’s Dynamic Flora
Left to right – Katerli Bounds, Uli Lorimer, Kristy King, Leila Mougoui Bakhtiari On April 28 6:30-8PM, we had our third panel discussion on Native and Not: NYC’s Dynamic Flora as part of our spring...
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Beyond the Honeybee: Exploring Critical Pollinators
On May 19 6:30-8PM, our Living Things in an Urban Ecosystem series ended on a high note with Beyond the Honeybee: Exploring Critical Pollinators where we explored the role pollinators play in urban...
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8th Graders Investigate the Gowanus Canal
After two months of investigating, researching and reporting, 8th grade students from Brooklyn School for Collaborative Studies wrote investigative news articles about the Gowanus Canal. Each student...
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Introducting ArtLab Gowanus
Notice anything different on the Whole Foods esplanade lately? This past Saturday, volunteers constructed ArtLab Gowanus, to host monthly site-specific art workshops, taught by local artists, right...
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EXPO Gowanus 2016
For one day, we brought the Gowanus Canal to the middle of Park Slope. On Saturday, May 21, GCC held the second annual EXPO Gowanus, a free, outdoor event where 350 community members learned in depth...
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Urban Ecology Lecture: Flow, Filter, and Foliage
Have you seen our bioswales? One of our bioswales on 6th street in Gowanus in full bloom! They look like normal tree pits, but they have some underlying secrets that make them a whole lot better,...
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Fall 2016 School Clean & Green
As Winter arrives it is the perfect time for us to reflect on our Fall School Clean & Green season! We always have such a blast with our School Clean & Green programs. Schools from all around...
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